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Spring 2016
Final Exam, Version A ID Number: ____________________________________
Time limit: 180 minutes for entire test
Closed book Section Number: _______________________________
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Find the best answer to each of these forty questions. You do not need to explain your thinking, and
work shown will not be graded. When you have finished, copy your answer selections to the bubble
sheet provided. Use #2 pencil only.
1. What must be the distance between two point charges of 26.0 µC and 47.0 µC in order that the
electrostatic force between them be 5.70 N?
2. With charges –q, -q and +16q located on the x axis at positions x = 0, 1 and 4 centimeters
respectively, what is the net force on the charge at the origin given that q = 1.0 × 10-4 C?
A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E
4. A 20 m long cylinder with axis parallel to
the x-axis lies in a region of space where
the electric field points in the x-direction.
The circular faces of the cylinder have
radii r = 1.0 m. If the electric field at x = 0
is 500 N/C and at x = 20 m is 400 N/C,
what is the charge within the cylinder?
a) -2.8 × 10-9 C
b) +2.8 × 10-9 C
c) -6.3 × 10-7 C
d) +6.3 × 10-9 C
e) +6.3 × 10-8 C
6. An electric dipole centered at the origin lies along the y-axis of an x-y coordinate system as
shown. The direction of the electric field at point P located on the positive x-axis points in
which direction?
a) 6.3 mm b) 10 cm c) 1.6 m d) 14 m e) 12 km
10. A 16.6 µF capacitor is initially uncharged. It is connected to a 24 V battery. How much charge
then flows from the battery to the capacitor?
(a) 8.0 × 10-4 C (b) 1.4 × 106 C (c) 3.98 × 10-4 C (d) 6.9 × 10-7 C (e) 24 C
11. Four capacitors are connected as shown. What is
the equivalent capacitance of the combination?
13. A service station charges a battery using a current of 5.2 A for 6.5 hours. How much charge
passes through the battery?
(a) 1.2 × 105 C (b) 34. C (c) 2.0 × 103 C (d) 9.4 × 10-3 C (e) 6.1 × 10-1 C
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17. In an RC circuit, the total resistance is 19. kΩ, and the battery’s emf
is 21.0 V. The time constant is measured to be 43 µs. Calculate the
time it takes for the voltage across the resistor to reach 14.0 V after
the switch is closed.
18. A voltage source V, three switches and three identical light bulbs are connected as shown.
Under which combination of switches does bulb 3 (on the right) burn most brightly?
20. A 6.0 MeV proton (with charge of 1.6 × 10-19 C and a mass of 1.7 × 10-27 kg) enters a 0.20 T field
in a plane perpendicular to the field. What is the radius of curvature of its subsequent path?
Note: 1 eV = 1.6 × 10-19 J.
a) 56 µm b) 12 mm c) 45 cm d) 1.8 m e) 35 m
21. What is the force per meter length on a straight wire carrying 9.7 A current in a B field of
0.85 T, when the angle between the field and wire is 5.0o?
(a) 0.72 N/m (b) 8.2 N/m (c) 41 N/m (d) 0.16 N/m (e) 0
22. An electron moving to the right in the diagram below enters the shaded region where a
magnetic field B is directed into the page. When it enters this field the magnetic force on the
electron is directed…
23. A negatively charged particle (Q) is moving to the right with velocity v, as shown below. It is
moving directly above and parallel to a wire carrying a current I that is also directed to the
right. In which direction is the magnetic force exerted on the particle?
24. Two semicircular arcs have radii 2.0 cm and 1.0 cm in the
circuit shown. If the circuit carries a current of 2.4 A, what is
the magnetic field at P, the center of curvature of the two
arcs?
26. A 16 cm diameter circular loop of wire is placed in a 0.50 T magnetic field. The plane of the
loop makes an angle of 35° with the field lines. What is the magnitude of the magnetic flux
through the loop?
a) 5.8×10-3 T⋅m b) 72 ×10-3 T⋅m c) 0.12 T⋅m d) 1.3 T⋅m e) 5.7 T⋅m
27. The output voltage of a 75-W transformer is 12 V, and the input current is 22 A. By what
factor is the voltage multiplied?
29. A 53 mH coil with a resistance of 0.35 Ω has a 12 V emf applied to it. How much energy is
stored in the magnetic field of the coil once the current has built up to its equilibrium value?
(a) I (b) II (c) III (d) IV (e) None of the plots is correct.
31. A soap bubble has an index of refraction of 1.33. What minimum thickness of this bubble will
ensure maximum reflectance of normally incident 530 nm wavelength light?
(a) 24.6 nm (b) 56.7 nm (c) 99.6 nm (d) 199 nm (e) 398 nm
32. Sunlight just outside the Earth’s atmosphere has an average intensity of 1.40 kW/m2. What is
the magnitude of the peak magnetic field associated with this wave of sunlight?
34. Light from a sodium lamp has a wavelength in vacuum of 589 nm. What is the frequency of
this light?
a) 3.4 × 1014 Hz
b) 5.1 × 1014 Hz
c) 7.6 × 1014 Hz
d) 2.1 × 1015 Hz
e) 3.4 × 1015 Hz
38. Light from a He-Ne laser (wavelength 633 nm) falls on two slits 68 µm apart to project an
interference pattern on a screen 3.8 m away. How far apart are the fringes at the center of the
pattern?
39. Monochromatic light falling on two slits 0.019 mm apart produces a fourth-order fringe at a
9.7o angle. What is the wavelength of the light used?
(a) 800 nm (b) 500 nm (c) 400 nm (d) 600 nm (e) 700 nm
40. An unpolarized beam of light of
intensity Io is incident in the
z-direction on three linear
polarizers A, B and C as shown.
Polarizers A and C have planes of
polarization oriented along the x-
and y-axes respectively.
Intermediate polarizer B has its
plane of polarization in the x-y
plane at 45° from the +x axis.
What is the intensity I that
emerges from the last polarizer?
! ! ! ! !
p = Ql ΔU = qΔV F = ma
! ! B ! ! ! ! ! !
U = −p⋅E ΔV BA = V B − V A = − ∫ E ⋅ dl v f = vi + aΔt
! !
A !
W = pE (cosθ 2 − cosθ1 ) ! ! ! 1! 2
! ! ! ΔV = − E ⋅ d r f = ri + vi Δt + a (Δt ) !
τ = p×E 2
Q 1 !
V = Fg = mg
4πε 0 r
! mv 2
dq 1 Fc =
! V = ∫ r
4πε 0 r ! !
! W = F ⋅d
1Q1Q2
U 12 = b ! !
! 4πε 0 r W = ∫ F ⋅ dl
a
! ∂V ∂V ∂V ΔU = −Wby conservative force
Ex = − , Ey = − , Ez = −
! ∂x ∂y ∂z K f + U f = Ki + Ui
1 !
Q = CV K= mv 2
ΔQ dQ 2
ε A I= ,I =
C= 0 ! Δt dt
d V = IR
! (
Vc = E 1 − e − t τ )
1 1 2 1 Q2 l
U = QV = CV =
2 2 2 C ! R=ρ (
Q = CE 1 − e − t τ )
A
C eq = C1 + C 2 + C3 + ... E
! V2 I = e −t τ
P = IV = I 2 R = R
1 1 1 1 ! R
= + + + ... Q = Q0 e − t τ
C eq C1 C 2 C3 ! Req = R1 + R2 + R3 + ...
! V c = V0 e − t τ
! E vacuum ! 1 1 1 1
C = KC 0 , ε = Kε 0 , E = = + + + ... τ = RC
K Req R1 R2 R3
!
Vterminal =E − Ir
!
! ! !
A ⋅ B = Ax Bx + Ay B y + Az Bz
! ! ! ! !
A ⋅ B = A B cosθ
! ! !
A × B = ( Ay Bz − Az B y )iˆ + ( Az Bx − Ax Bz ) ˆj + ( Ax B y − Ay Bx )kˆ
!
! ! ! !
! A × B = A B sin θ
!
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! ! ! ! ! ! !
F = Il × B ∫ ⋅ dl = µ 0 I enclosed
B Φ B = ∫ B ⋅ dA V0
! ! ! I=
R
(1 − e −t τ )
F = qv × B µ0 I dΦ B
! ! ! ! B= E = −N I = I 0 e −t τ
F = qE + qv × B 2πr dt
N E = Blv L
mv B = µ 0 nI = µ 0 I τ=
r= R
qB l E = NBAω sin(ωt )
µ 0 I1 I 2 Q = Q0 cos(ωt + φ )
2πm F= l VS N
T= = S I = I 0 sin(ωt + φ )
qB 2π d VP N P
!
! ! ! µ 0 I dl × rˆ ω = 2πf
µ = NIA dB = IS N
4π r 2 = P
! ! ! IP NS 1
τ = µ×B µ 0 IR 2 ω=
B= N 2 Φ 21 LC
! ! π 32 M 21 =
U = − µ ⋅ B if U = 0 at θ = (
2 R2 + x2 ) I1 !
2
µ I dI 1
B = 0 ,x = 0 E2 = − M
d sin θ = mλ , m = 0,1,2,... 2R dt 1
v = λf , T =
1 NΦ B f
d sin θ = (m + )λ , m = 0,1,2,... L=
2 θ reflected = θ incident I E 1
2t = mλ , m = 0,1,2,... c= =
n1 sin θ 1 = n 2 sin θ 2 µ0 N 2 A B µ 0ε 0
1 L=
2t = (m + )λ , m = 0,1,2,... n2 l ! 1 ! !
2 sin θ C = S= ( E × B)
n1 dI µ0
λ E = −L
λn = dt 1 E0 B0 Erms Brms
c
n n= 1 S= =
v U L = LI 2 2 µ0 µ0
D sin θ = mλ , m = ±1,±2,... 2
r power
1.22λ f = S=
θ= 2 ! area
D
1 1 1 ! S
I = I 0 cos 2 θ + = P=
do di f ! c
! hi d 2S
m= =− i P=
Constants: ho do c
e = 1.6 × 10 19 C
−
F
N f P=
k = 9.0 × 109 N⋅m2/C2 M = , M =− o A
ε0 = 8.85 ×10-12 C2/(N⋅m2) f fe
µ0 = 4π ×10-7 T⋅m/A 1
P=
c = 3.0 × 108 m/s f
Prefix
mega (M)- 106
kilo (k)- 103
milli (m)- 10-3
micro (µ)- 10-6
nano (n)- 10-9
pico (p)- 10-12